Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PACB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$549.5m

Pacific Biosciences of California Valuation

Is PACB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of PACB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate PACB's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: Insufficient data to calculate PACB's future cash flow value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PACB?

Key metric: As PACB is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PACB. This is calculated by dividing PACB's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PACB's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.6x
SalesUS$154.58m
Market CapUS$549.47m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does PACB's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for PACB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.3x
MLAB Mesa Laboratories
2.1x4.90%US$515.3m
CTKB Cytek Biosciences
2.9x7.10%US$571.6m
PSNL Personalis
10.4x18.97%US$715.3m
CYRX Cryoport
1.8x1.89%US$436.6m
PACB Pacific Biosciences of California
3.6x11.94%US$549.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PACB is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.6x) compared to the peer average (4.3x).

Historical Price to Sales Ratio

Historical Price to Sales Ratio compares a stock's price to its sales over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does PACB's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Life Sciences Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FTRE Fortrea Holdings
0.5x2.86%US$1.35b
ATLN Atlantic International
0.6x7.04%US$259.19m
SNCE Science 37 Holdings
0.6x17.47%US$34.67m
HBIO Harvard Bioscience
0.3x5.14%US$22.15m
PACB 3.6xIndustry Avg. 3.1xNo. of Companies12PS02.44.87.29.612+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PACB is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.6x) compared to the US Life Sciences industry average (3.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PACB's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PACB PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.6x
Fair PS Ratio2.4x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PACB is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PACB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1.82
US$2.42
+32.78%
25.10%US$3.00US$1.50n/a6
Feb ’27US$2.26
US$2.42
+6.93%
25.10%US$3.00US$1.50n/a6
Jan ’27US$1.87
US$2.36
+26.05%
24.62%US$3.00US$1.50n/a7
Dec ’26US$2.23
US$2.25
+0.90%
27.22%US$3.00US$1.50n/a8
Nov ’26US$2.34
US$2.16
-7.59%
30.93%US$3.00US$1.50n/a8
Oct ’26US$1.38
US$2.11
+52.98%
30.65%US$3.00US$1.50n/a9
Sep ’26US$1.31
US$2.11
+61.15%
30.65%US$3.00US$1.50n/a9
Aug ’26US$1.33
US$2.06
+54.51%
31.99%US$3.00US$1.25n/a10
Jul ’26US$1.29
US$2.06
+59.30%
31.99%US$3.00US$1.25n/a10
Jun ’26US$0.96
US$2.03
+110.36%
32.09%US$3.00US$1.25n/a11
May ’26US$1.11
US$2.14
+92.87%
31.91%US$3.50US$1.25n/a11
Apr ’26US$1.13
US$2.33
+106.49%
28.12%US$3.50US$1.50n/a12
Mar ’26US$1.45
US$2.67
+83.91%
44.85%US$6.00US$1.50n/a12
Feb ’26US$1.54
US$2.98
+93.45%
38.83%US$6.00US$1.75US$2.2612
Jan ’26US$1.83
US$3.02
+65.07%
37.08%US$6.00US$2.00US$1.8712
Dec ’25US$1.91
US$3.02
+58.16%
37.08%US$6.00US$2.00US$2.2312
Nov ’25US$2.44
US$3.09
+26.68%
44.60%US$7.00US$2.00US$2.3411
Oct ’25US$1.62
US$3.00
+85.19%
47.14%US$7.00US$2.00US$1.3811
Sep ’25US$1.37
US$3.00
+118.98%
47.14%US$7.00US$2.00US$1.3111
Aug ’25US$1.92
US$4.25
+121.35%
71.80%US$13.00US$2.00US$1.3312
Jul ’25US$1.20
US$4.25
+254.17%
71.80%US$13.00US$2.00US$1.2912
Jun ’25US$1.79
US$4.27
+138.70%
74.57%US$13.00US$2.00US$0.9611
May ’25US$1.69
US$5.82
+244.27%
60.46%US$13.00US$2.50US$1.1111
Apr ’25US$3.65
US$10.05
+175.22%
22.90%US$15.00US$6.50US$1.1311
Mar ’25US$5.19
US$10.54
+103.12%
23.67%US$15.00US$6.50US$1.4512
Feb ’25US$6.76
US$12.21
+80.60%
26.93%US$19.00US$8.00US$1.5412
US$2.42
Fair Value
24.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
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Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/09 05:18
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/06 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. is covered by 16 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Luke SergottBarclays
Kyle MiksonCanaccord Genuity
David WestenbergCL King & Associates, Inc.